With that being said, and because the couple didn’t have a prenuptial agreement, Robyn, 55, will walk away with half of Mel’s fortune in addition to half of every future check Gibson receives for the remainder of his life.

this is very true, I see the love of money played out on these boards and in real life....who are the real gold diggers? ...when men gripe about having to share 'their' money with their spouse/ex spouse, children
it's all theirs ,they earned it not the wife....well no the wife/mother doesn't get paid for her labours ,he does

She is accepting 425 million dollars. Is that not love of money also? If she was such a saint, than why not take enough she needs to live on and give the 400+ thats left to some good charities?
Plus you don't know for sure what happened between them. Maybe she cheated too? He is a huge celebrity who everyone knows and his cheating was made public, but the rest of the story stayed between them.

I know, I'm repeating some other comments here but they do bear repetition.

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This is godd**n awful news!
I feel bad for him. I really have respect for the actor and the man and his opinions. He's one of the greats. The lousy golddigger wife set him up; she was out to get him from the start.

Set him up for nearly 30 years and 7 children? A real gold digger would have given up long before that.

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Originally Posted by LeonidasThe2

Yeah but thats an insane amount of money and she did not earn any of it. Its way too much money than she needs or deserves.

She earned it by supporting Mel in the early POOR years, bearing and raising his children.

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Exactly. She might be entitled to a small part (a few million perhaps), what with raising seven kids and all, but almost half a billion? That's ridiculous.

That's California law. She worked a lot harder than he did in the beginning. He was out looking for roles and she was home with the kids, keeping his home and seeing to the family's needs.

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It's pretty common, Paul McCartney would be another example. The actor who played Captain Kirk got taken in divorce court for pretty much everything he owned, he ended up living out of his truck after he did Star Trek.

Those cases are of the gold digging variety. Not Shatner so much. They were married for thirteen years and had three children. I find it suspicious that she filed divorce immediately after Star Trek was canceled.

Heather Mills-McCartney deserves nothing. She was clearly a gold digger from the beginning. Paul's children (grown) could see that.

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Sacrifice? So having children is now a sacrifice? "Gave up 28 years to raise children"? Last I looked children weren't just an unpleasant burden...

She's not entitled to over 400 million $, because she did NOT make that money, he did. The most she'd be entitled to, IMO, would be what it takes to raise seven children properly, which even for the rich means a few million at most.

The bottom line is, she's now got a fortune of over 400 million $ without having had to work for it one minute; all she did was marry the right person, sit on her back a few times and give birth to his kids. 400 million $ given to her is one thing and that's fraud.

Of course raising children requires sacrifice. No one said anything about an unpleasant burden. Obviously you do not understand the true meaning of sacrifice. Robyn gave up her own career and any other dreams she may have had to make a home for Mel and their children. She did this willingly which makes it a true sacrifice.

How was she to know what Mel's future fortune would be when she married him? She couldn't have. California law grants her half of everything whether it be $820 or $820 million. There is no sound reason for her to turn it down. And it isn't fraud. She didn't claim anything that wasn't true or marry him under false pretenses.

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They were married when he was a struggling actor, had yet to make it big. They did it TOGETHER. You know, the support someone receives is just as important, if not more so, than the act the person accomplishes. They were poor together, they got rich together. He did the acting job while she stood by him and supported him and kept the house moving forward. They earned 900 million dollars together, the court decision was correct.

Exactly.

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Prime example of FEMINISM RUN AMOCK

How so? Robyn didn't work outside the home. She provided a traditional family for Mel. How is that feminist?

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My take is this:

If a man and woman will put the relationship first before the $$$$$$$ and all the adult toys, properties, ect ect.... there wouldn't be a divorce.

Irreconcilable differences mean they were most likely fighting over things they valued more then they valued each other.

No, in California and most other states that is the term generally used. We don't have infidelity laws anymore in this country. "Irreconcilable Differences" can mean anything from simple disagreements to philandering and abuse.

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I would never marry a man who handed me a prenup because it is a red flag of that very sympton. He values something on this planet more then he values a successful relationship, family, and marriage.
Relationships are enough effort when you make it of primary importance and much more difficult if you go into one where one of the two puts materialistic things first and so the relationship sits on the back burner to rot. Some let it rot to the point of divorce.
With seven kids.... it sounds like she gave him half of her life. A lifetime is valuable and certainly worth more then the money they divided if those two could have been mature enough to see past there differences.

A man can fight with a woman in a fancy million dollar home as easy as he can fight with a woman in a small apt.

A man can also love a woman in a fancy million dollar home as easy as he can love a woman in a small apt.

Any person who has experienced a truly wonderful relationship with another knows that there is nothing worth losing it over. In order to achieve a truly wonderful relationship you have to choose someone capable of it. IMO that goes back to morality and loyalty. There has got to be something worth living and fighting for...... together.

They had a family
They had a common enemy
They had a nation
And they had their faith.

I won't pretend to know what besides his substance abuse and infidelity caused the divorce. I do know that I could never trust a cheater. Trust is just as, if not more, important in a marriage as love is.

A prenup is the only sane way for a wealthy man or woman to marry. Even those are not ironclad. We have to remember that the wealth came after the marriage and both Robyn and Mel worked very hard to make a go of it.

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I did not say she deserves nothing. 10-15 million dollars is all she needs to be financially independent for the rest of her life and live without worries. That's more then fair for being provided most of her life by her husband, who went out and worked hard for his money while she sat home by the pool and drank margaritas and than went shopping with her girlfriends in Beverly Hills. Yes he was wrong for cheating, but that doesn't mean she should get such an astronomical sum. It's way more than she deserves or needs.

Just exactly how do you know how Robyn Gibson spent her time? I recall one incident where she was followed by paparazzi when picking up kids from school. Sure sounds like sipping margaritas to me.

And for the record, does Mel Gibson need more than the $425 million he gets to keep? Oh wait, he probably does to pay off the gold diggers he is now involving himself with. Guess what, Mel? Actions have consequences. Time to man up and leave the trollops alone.

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So, are you saying that the 425 million is her deserved pay for doing that, because there is no way she needs that much money to live in comfort for the rest of her life. I guess this the sum she is charging him for 27 years, its the bill for her trouble?

No, it's California law. Why shouldn't she take what she can get? Not only did she raise his children and is continuing to raise their twelve year old, she put up with his drinking, cheating, and whatnot until he had a kid with another woman. So yes, she deserves what the court awarded her.

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Exctly, she didn't earn/work for a single cent of that, and now she's getting half a billion Ridiculous

See above. She worked just as hard or harder than he did.

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She is accepting 425 million dollars. Is that not love of money also? If she was such a saint, than why not take enough she needs to live on and give the 400+ thats left to some good charities?
Plus you don't know for sure what happened between them. Maybe she cheated too? He is a huge celebrity who everyone knows and his cheating was made public, but the rest of the story stayed between them.

How do we know she won't be donating a bunch of that money to charity? You have no insight into her personality, or do you? Are you psychic or something that you know how Robyn spends her time and money?

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WOW , thank you Hollywood jew lawyers for destroying the U.S. constitution!

Just what does this have to do with the U.S. Constitution? I don't recall anything in there about agreements between married couples. Really, how old are you? Do you always resent those who are better off financially than you are?

You can say that again, she married him before he was rich, had seven children with him, stayed with him for 27 years while he cheated her numerous times. Yep his wife is just a golddigging feminist, I am surprised she is not a member of SCUM.

Feminists say: "What I make is mine, what you make is ours."

That is what is at play here. While Mel's ex-wife might not be a feminist herself, its the courts, society, and the sentiments that are feminist which played a direct role in this. Sure, she deserved SOME money, but not half his goddamn net worth!!!!!!

Why are we letting the indulgent lifestyle and failed marriage of Mel and his x- wife divide us?

Are we so weak?

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Unless that new Russian fling of his is not White (I haven't seen a pic of her yet), then I don't see how he's a race traitor? Not that I approve of it, but indulgence is what happens when you have money especially in Jewywood. Remember his wife is the one who filed for divorce, not him.

But regardless, I support Mel if only slightly because of his jew rant. Michael Jackson also had a similar event. It shows that under the facade of Jewywood, small seams and tears occur in the fabric which expose the pervasive jewish influence that so many are ignorant to. Much like turning upside town a rock and seeing the many disgusting insects scurry away from the light, hoping to not be noticed by the giant White man with the giant steel-toe boots

I won't pretend to know what besides his substance abuse and infidelity caused the divorce. I do know that I could never trust a cheater. Trust is just as, if not more, important in a marriage as love is.

A prenup is the only sane way for a wealthy man or woman to marry. Even those are not ironclad. We have to remember that the wealth came after the marriage and both Robyn and Mel worked very hard to make a go of it.

Agree Lycia,

I made the mistake of thinking other people had the kind of resolve that my husband and I have...or thinking that I could inspire other WN to have the same kind of resolve that my husband and I have.

It's hard to imagine why Mel was trying so hard to make a go of it by using the method of rolling in another woman's bed.

Unless that new Russian fling of his is not White (I haven't seen a pic of her yet), then I don't see how he's a race traitor? Not that I approve of it, but indulgence is what happens when you have money especially in Jewywood. Remember his wife is the one who filed for divorce, not him.

But regardless, I support Mel if only slightly because of his jew rant. Michael Jackson also had a similar event. It shows that under the facade of Jewywood, small seams and tears occur in the fabric which expose the pervasive jewish influence that so many are ignorant to. Much like turning upside town a rock and seeing the many disgusting insects scurry away from the light, hoping to not be noticed by the giant White man with the giant steel-toe boots

Mel Dates and sleeps outside his race. And that IS the Jew Agenda. There was whole thread on it earlier.

But regardless.... Mel is not a WN and it doesn't make sense for WN to bicker against each other over his delima. We have more important things to worry about such as....